Implementing Web Services on Devices for Printing and Scanning
Windows Vista is the first Microsoft Windows operating system that provides Web Services on devices as a connection protocol with printing and scanning peripherals. Web Services technology provides a common framework for describing and sharing information. Web Services on devices, part of the Windows Rally program, describes a set of protocols for consuming and controlling services on network-connected devices.
Four Web Services specifications exist for printing and scanning, to help device manufacturers take advantage of the improved customer experience around connecting, installing, and using devices with Windows. All the information contained in these four specifications can be obtained in the Windows Driver Kit (WDK). The specifications are covered under the license of the Windows Vista WDK. The information is organized according to the WDK structure, with the specifications split up across many different sections of the WDK.
In order to facilitate specification implementation and understanding, the specifications are also available here in complete, stand-alone form, along with their associated Web Services Description Languages (WSDLs) and XML Schema Definitions (XSDs). These four Web Services on devices specifications are covered by the included technical documentation license agreement, which references the WDK.
Download the Specifications and Supporting Files
Print Service Definition V1.0 for Web Services on Devices
(1.3 MB self-extracting file containing Microsoft Word document and supporting files; January 29, 2007)
Print Device Definition V1.0 for Web Services on Devices
(76 KB self-extracting file containing Microsoft Word document and supporting file; January 29, 2007)
Scan Service Definition V1.0 for Web Services on Devices
(1.5 MB self-extracting file containing Microsoft Word document and supporting files; January 29, 2007)
Scan Device Definition V1.0 for Web Services on Devices
(76 KB self-extracting file containing Microsoft Word document and supporting file; January 29, 2007)
